NYJC 2021 JC2 Prelim H2 P1

NANYANG JUNIOR COLLEGE Year Two Preliminary Exam 2021 HISTORY Paper 1 Shaping the International Order (1945 – 2000) No Additional Materials are required READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics tutorial group on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. At the end of the examination, hand in both sections separately. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages. [Turn over 9752/01 15 Sep 2021 3 hours

2 9752/01 H2 History JC2 Preliminary Examinations 2021 Section A You must answer Question 1. THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 1 Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. Source A The USSR is in favour of all troops being withdrawn from foreign territories. However, the United States has its armed forces and armaments scattered throughout the world. US spokesmen are continually boasting that American planes can attack the Soviet Union at any time. Peace-loving states cannot fail to protest against the actions announced by the US President with regard to ships sailing towards Cuba on the high seas. The establishment of an actual blockade of Cuba by the United States is an unheard-of violation of international law. The arrogant actions of American imperialism could lead to consequences disastrous to all mankind. The Soviet Union calls on all Governments to raise their voices in protest against the aggressive actions of the United States, to denounce these actions, and to bar the way t o the unleashing of nuclear war by the US government. From a statement issued by the Soviet Government, 23 October 1962. Source B A political cartoon in The Guardian, a British newspaper during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962. [Turn over

3 9752/01 H2 History JC2 Preliminary Examinations 2021 Source C Kennedy, in keeping with his avowed aim to pursue a foreign policy characterized by “vigor,” had ordered the largest peacetime expansion of America’s military power, and specifically the colossal growth of its strategic nuclear